our top story: president trump says he didn't agree with racist chanting at a campaign rally in north carolina on wednesday, aimed at a somali—born democratic congresswoman. the president told reporters at the white house that he was not happy with the taunt. footage from the rally shows mr trump paused when the chants erupted. an american navy ship has shot down an iranian drone in the gulf. president trump said the drone had flown within a kilometre of the vessel, threatening the safety of its crew. and this story is trending on bbc.com... a message in a bottle has been found, 50 years after it was thrown into the indian ocean. it was found this week by a 9—year—old boy in south australia with the message still inside. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk:

mps have backed a measure that would block the next prime minister suspending parliament in order to force through a no—deal brexit. bowen profit warning — the biggest aircraft maker reveals the impact of the 737 max grounding ‘s. moon landing innovations 50 years on, the space technology that changed the way we live. good morning asia, hello well, it is a friday, almost the weekend. glad you could join us for this exciting addition. boeing has warned that it

will take a $4.9 billion charge in the second quarter due to the disruption due to the grounding of the 737 max jet after two lovely crashes which together killed 346 people. —— two deadly crashes. delivery delays will cost when it reports results next week. it will be spent compensating customers. boeing also raised how much it thinks it will cost to produce the aircraft by $1.7 billion in the second quarter due to higher costs associated with producing the planes ata associated with producing the planes at a reduced rate. it shows how important the 737 max is to the bottom line of the company. the cost could be higher and that is why

boeing is so focused in getting the troubled plane back in the air as $0011 troubled plane back in the air as 50011 as troubled plane back in the air as soon as possible. it is hoped it will retain to service this autumn but that timeline has really been cast in doubt by the top us officials who say they have no timeline in line to retain the plane to service. boeing has been testing a proposed software fix that, along with extra training for pilots, it believes should address what probably went wrong in both crashes. southwest airlines and american airlines have both removed the 737 until early november. microsoft shares are trading higher in extended trade after it beat wall street expectations for its april— june quarterly earnings. the revenue coming in at $33.7 billion. it made

a profit of 13.2 billion us dollars in that quarter. dave lee brought us the details from san francisco. shareholders are very happy and happy for quite some time. another quarter very positive results for microsoft which is now the richest company in the us, overtaking apple and amazon and currently valued at over $1 trillion. that magical number we have been talking about recently. profit up to $30 billion, up recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billionjust recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billion just a year recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billionjust a year ago and it quarter. profit driven by their cloud computing business. the growth is slowing but that is attributed to the law of large numbers. it is so big it is becoming more difficult to have the same rate of growth they have had as of late.

analysts were wanting 68% growth. it managed 64% growth but i do not think that will cause too much concern. good news for microsoft also is that the hardware is performing well. the laptop tablet hybrid they brought out a loan is a $1 billion business. —— alone. like so $1 billion business. —— alone. like so many things at the moment, while many did not think it would work, it has. i'm abc world news this week we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. research which made the mission of possibility also pave the way for technology innovations behind many of the things that we use today. for

example, the cooler bag. the insulation material was developed for astronauts to safely store liquid nitrogen in space. we have the memory foam pillow. research from that and from cameras they used are used today. it is mapping out the next round of innovations at the moment. i am old enough to remember the landing on the moon and i have seen how technology has changed our lives in the past 50 years. it is really incredible when you think how we have grown in new technology thanks to apollo. hand—held power, made it possible for the astronauts

using a battery operated tools. now we all have hand—held powered drills. we use those devices regularly. it has changed how we live today. and it will change how we live tomorrow. a sustainable presence and then on to mars. what is your most favourite piece of technology made it better since the apollo 11 mission? something to think about is batteries. if you look at how batteries have gotten smaller and more efficient. small micro technologies like batteries was a direct result of the apollo mission. things like the cameras in all our cellphones. developed through space exploration which are 110w through space exploration which are now everyday household items. and in

the future we will see changes that revolutionise how we work. we are working on optical communication. that is going to change how we get oui’ that is going to change how we get our cable tv on earth. a lot of potential for taking advantages of acknowledges here on earth today. the deputy chief technologist from nasa. instagram will delete the number of likes on posts. the company says uses in certain countries including australia, new zealand and canada will only be able to see a tally on their posts but not of other people. it is the move influencing the influences? not of other people. it is the move influencing the influence57m not of other people. it is the move influencing the influences? it has cost the state in australia. people trying to work out what the implications might be. it depends on

where you sit in your vantage point. whether you are using it as a business or an influencer. we could get rid of the bad influences? this is probably quite good news in that regard. if you are established and work with businesses, it strengthens your hand whereas if you are somebody trying to become an influencer, low down into the pecking order, it is hard for them to grow because as a basic barometer, people use likes to see how popular somebody is and if that is not there anymore it might be more challenging. a lot of people live on these likes so what is the downside to all this? the people who live in those likes and want to try to grow the as a business, it is ha rd stop to grow the as a business, it is hard stop a lot of businesses, while

the have sophisticated approaches to influence marketing, the likes has been an early measure. within the business side, lots of people have been talking about value of a like decreasing significantly. this is currently a trial in australia for instagram. do you think we could see a trend moving on to other countries? very much so. a couple of other countries like new zealand, ireland and brazil are also trailing it. if it changes the way you use instagram and the time if that works in its favour, they could roll it out but they have been quite open about it in this trial period. what about it in this trial period. what about the other social media platforms, like facebook? facebook

has not said anything about that yet. people use the two differently. you can see that from its growth as a platform in terms of instagram. quick look at the market with us stocks rallying overnight and an u pta ke stocks rallying overnight and an uptake in the asia—pacific markets stop the nikkei up. the all ordinaries gaining. sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news, the top stories this hour: president trump has sought to distance himself from racist chanting aimed at a somali—born congresswoman, during his election rally on wednesday. he said he was not happy about people shouting "send her back".

the us says its forces shot down an iranian drone that approached an american vessel near the strait of hormuz. but iran says it has no information about a downed drone. the younger brother of the man who bombed the manchester arena in 2017, has appeared in court charged with the murder of 22 people who were attending a pop concert. hashem abedi was extradited to the uk from libya yesterday. the prosecution alleges he made detonator tubes for the bomb used by his brother and bought chemicals that were used in the explosives. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. flown back from libya yesterday, this morning brought to his first court appearance in an armoured police van. hashem abedi back in britain for the first time since the manchester arena bombing. in the dock he confirmed his name and his british citizenship, and then listened as the names of all 22 people he's accused of murdering were read out.

he's also accused of attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion. his older brother salman abedi detonated the bomb. hashem abedi's accused of helping him, of buying the car where bomb parts were stored, purchasing two key chemicals used to make the explosive, and manufacturing the detonator tubes. his lawyer said he denied any involvement and was happy to come back to clear his name. he said he'd been held in solitary confinement for two years and had been tortured. the hearing lasted just 11 minutes and then he was driven out again. hashem abedi has now been taken away to prison, where he'll remain until a court appearance at oxford crown court on monday. it's the end of more than two years of difficult negotiations with the government and military groups in war—torn libya, and there was even a last—minute hitch yesterday, when the private jet that was to fly him back to biggin hill airport developed a fault.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates‘ court. in cyprus, 12 israeli youths arrested on suspicion of raping a british tourist have been remanded in custody by a court. the suspects, who have not been charged, are aged between 15 and 18 and are alleged to have attacked the woman in a hotel room in the holiday resort of ayia napa on wednesday morning. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a disastrous start for the home favourite. rory mcilroy has a nightmare first round at the open in northern ireland.

vuelta champion simon yates claims a first stage win on the tour de france, as the race enters the pyrenees. and claims of colonialism overshadow what is set to be a tantalising africa cup of nations final between senegal and algeria. hello and welcome to the programme. perhaps the weight of expectation proved too much at the open. 0n the opening day at royal portrush, the home favourite, rory mcilroy, had a round to forget, the northern irishman with a score of eight—over, including a quadruple bogey on the first hole. tiger woods had a bad day too. he is on seven—over. defending 0pen champion francesco molinari has his work cut out to stay in contention. but at the top, jb holmes leads the way on five—under, with ireland's shane lowry a shot behind. colm harrison reports. 0pen championship is back in northern ireland for the first time since 1951, and local favourite northern ireland for the first time since 1951, and localfavourite rory mcilroy went off as the tournament favourite, but he made a dreadful

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